Stephanie Labbé

Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (born October 10, 1986) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club Rosengård and internationally for the Canada women's national soccer team. She won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the NWSL Championship with the Courage in 2019.

Stephanie Labbé
Personal information
Full name Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-10) October 10, 1986
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Rosengård
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006-2008 New England Mutiny 21 (0)
2009–2011 Piteå IF 37 (0)
2012–2014 KIF Örebro 61 (0)
2016–2017 Washington Spirit 25 (0)
2018 Calgary Foothills WFC 6 (0)
2018 Linköpings FC 9 (0)
2019–2020 North Carolina Courage 18 (0)
2021– Rosengård 0 (0)
National team‡
2003–2006 Canada U20 18 (0)
2008– Canada 70 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 21, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 7, 2020

College career

University of Connecticut, 2005–2008

Labbé joined the University of Connecticut and the women's soccer team in the second semester of 2004. In 2005, she played in all 22 games of the season, starting in nine. Labbé emerged as the top keeper in 2005 and played every minute of the last three games of the season. She posted a 1.15 goals against average and a 4–3 record, made a total of 65 saves, played in 12 conference games, allowing only seven goals and stopping 32 shots.

In 2006, Labbé played in all 21 season games, and made the start in 20 of those. She finished the season with a 10–7–4 record and a 0.96 goals against average. Some of her other highlights: made 73 saves and allowed only 20 goals in just over 1879 minutes logged, collected four individual shutouts and was part of a Husky team that recorded five straight blankings, posted a scoreless streak of 461:63 consecutive minutes over a six-game span, and was named Big East Goalkeeper of the Week on October 16.

In 2007, Labbé played all 22 games in her junior year, and played every minute in goal that season. She finished with a 14–6–2 record, and a career best 0.61 goals against average. Some of her highlights are: making 71 saves and allowing only 14 goals in 2058 minutes of action, collected 11 shutouts over the course of the year, recorded first career assist on game-winning goal against Providence, and earned three shutouts in the NCAA tournament against first round foe Boston College, in the second round against Wake Forest and against third round opponent Stanford.[2]

In 2008, Labbe was named Big East Goalkeeper of the Year.

Labbe took and made penalty kicks for the Huskies to help them advance in the 2007 NCAA Tournament over Boston College and the 2008 Big East Tournament over West Virginia.

Club career

Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå, currently playing in the country's highest league, Damallsvenskan. The team played in the highest league for the first time in the season of 2009, in which Labbé joined the team. After the club was relegated to Division 1, Labbé was one of three foreign players that stayed with the club and managed to rise up again to Damallsvenskan in the season of 2010. In 2011, Piteå and Labbé once again played in the highest league.

With Örebro in 2014

After three years in Piteå, Labbé moved to KIF Örebro for the 2012 season. In the 2014 season she picked up a silver medal with her KIF Örebro team when they finished 2nd in the Swedish top division. She was also nominated as one of three goalkeepers for the Swedish soccer awards in 2014.

Washington Spirit

On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Labbé would play for the Washington Spirit for the 2016 season of the National Women's Soccer League via the NWSL Player Allocation[3] Labbé started and played in eight matches in 2016 and recorded a club record five shut outs in one season.[4]

In September 2017, Labbé announced she was taking a medical leave of absence from the Spirit for the remainder of the 2017 season. Although neither she nor the club specified the reason for the decision, she had spoken openly about her struggles with depression in the months leading up.[5] In February 2018, the Spirit announced it would not retain the rights to Labbé.[6]

Calgary Foothills

In March 2018, without a club since her release, Labbé joined Calgary Foothills F.C., a men's team, to train and attempt to make the team's roster.[7] However, the Premier Development League responded that they are a gender-based men's league that does not allow women to play.[8] In response, she filed suit against the league.[9] Having been denied entry into the PDL, Labbé would sign with the women's side, Calgary Foothills WFC in United Women's Soccer.[10]

Linköpings FC

On July 10, 2018 it was announced that Labbé would be joining Linköpings in the Damallsvenskan in Sweden.[11]

North Carolina Courage

On February 11, 2019 Coach Paul Riley announced that Stephanie Labbé would be joining the North Carolina Courage for the 2019 season.[12]

FC Rosengård

After two years with North Carolina, Labbé would sign with Damallsvenskan club Rosengård.[13]

International career

Labbé made her first senior international appearance as a second-half substitute for Canada in an 8–0 win over Singapore on July 27, 2008.[14]

Due to an injury to starting goalkeeper Erin McLeod, Labbé was named as the starting goalkeeper for Canada in the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.

On May 25, 2019 Labbé was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of September 19, 2020[16]
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Piteå IF Damallsvenskan 2009 200000000200
2011 170000000170
Total 370000000370
KIF Örebro Damallsvenskan 2012 210002000230
2013 210004000250
2014 200001000210
Total 620007000690
Washington Spirit NWSL 2016 8000000080
2017 170000000170
Total 250000000250
Calgary Foothills WFC UWS 2018 6000000060
Linköpings FC Damallsvenskan 2018 90001020120
North Carolina Courage NWSL 2019 160100000170
2020 2000200040
Total 180102000210
Career total 156010100201690

Personal life

Labbé has been in a relationship with Georgia Simmerling since 2016.[17][18][19][20]

Honours

Canada

Summer Olympic Games: Bronze Medal, 2016

Club

References
  1. "List of Players – Canada" (PDF). FIFA. July 28, 2014. p. 3. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  2. "UCONNHUSKIES.COM :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site :: Women's Soccer".
  3. "National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Canadian Players for 2016 Season". Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  4. "Stephanie Labbé — Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  5. "Canadian goalkeeper Labbe takes medical leave from NWSL club". The Canadian Press. September 7, 2017.
  6. Cochran, Ayana (February 15, 2018). "Washington Spirit release rights to Stephanie Labbé". Vavel.
  7. Smith, Kevin (March 19, 2018). "Team Canada women's soccer goalkeeper looks to make Calgary FC men's squad". Global News.
  8. Kaufman, Bill (May 3, 2018). "Female athletes blow whistle on soccer league for barring Stephanie Labbe from men's team". Calgary Herald. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  9. "Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé taking legal action against Premier Development League - CBC Sports". Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  10. "Stephanie Labbé Joins Calgary Foothills WFC". UWS. May 30, 2018.
  11. "Officiellt: Linköping värvar kanadensisk landslagsmålvakt". July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  12. "Paul Riley Twitter". February 11, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  13. "Canadian No. 1 goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe signs with Sweden's FC Rosengard". CBC. December 21, 2020.
  14. "Canada Routs Singapore in Soccer Tuneup". TSN. July 27, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  15. "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  16. "Stephanie Labbe Profile".
  17. Michael Farber. "Labbé: A story of depression, a bronze medal and the power of resilience". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  18. "A look at Canadian world Cup goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe". The Chronicle-Journal.
  19. Davidson, Neil. "Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe 'super-confident' ahead of Women's World Cup". The Canadian Press. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Victoria Colonist.
  20. Karstens-Smith, Gemma (February 26, 2019). "'I never gave up:' Track cyclist Georgia Simmerling rebounds from horrific injury". Retrieved August 8, 2019 – via Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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